Meow

What I do is irrelevant, although I can both spell and punctuate.

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co durham boy

thanks for correcting me on that one,i wasnt asking what you do, i was making the point that it might be more difficult for somebody who is an employee of a company rather than someone who is self-employed or someone who runs their own company.

rowell

Article 74
Each worker shall be entitled to leave with full pay on the following occasions:
(a) (a) New Year's Day (Higra): one day.
(b) (b) New Year's Day (Gregorian): one day.
(c) (c) Lesser Bairam: two days.
(d) Greater Bairam and Eve: three days.
(e) Birthday of Prophet Mohammed: one day.
(f) Al Isra and Al Mi’raj: one day;
(g) National Day: one day.

Extract from UAE labour law

meseta

Thank you mod.

Its odd that a straightforward question can turn so quickly into a superiority contest.

So do you get public holidays off or not ?

I am not questioning the status of your job, street cleaner or queen of the may or your employment status, just asking a simple question.

I think thats 4 aye's and 1 no ??

NorthernLad

We get them off (TECOM notify our company).

Bonny Boy

I work in construction - when I was in Dubai, as elsewhere, we just ploughed on through. Like Co. Durham Boy says, it goes with the territory - you're paid to get the job done.

meseta

5-2

Bijilo123

I get them.

lionheart

Yes, thanks.

MAV_DXB

I get them... Also, if I want an extra day - I'll just 'work' from home

Millhouse

er. No. However, what I do know is that if you piss off your employer you are out on your ear soon enough. Personally I couldn't give a toss if they fired me, I know they won't but I would still never push the law at them, it is a very small market here.

co durham boy

correct, the rule of the jungle

Meow

Spineless.

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NorthernLad

I work for a very big IT company, and I am very specialised in what I do. My manager admits there is nobody to replace me here and they are stuffed without me, but when we get HR issues I'm told to keep quiet or I'll be gone.
I could move elsewhere in the world, but we've been here a while now and like the place.
The politics here (internally and externally) are like no other place I have worked, as we get told at work 'the middle East is special'.

meseta

8-2 then
thank you